Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Q&A time

HEY KIDS!

Anyone got any production related questions about the Total Drama series?Ask away and we'll answer.We don't want questions about who's going to win season 4 or anything like that ... but if there are questions about how the show is animated, recorded, storyboarded, edited etc ....FIRE AWAY!!

85 comments:

Okay, you want questions? You got them. I'm doing to reiterate something I previously said on a previous post. What up with Zombie Zeke? Hhm? This is perhaps the most critisized plot element of season 3 behind the Love Triangle "saga" and it really upset a lot of the fans SO WHAT'S UP WITH HIM?!?!?!?

I've been trying to find out how this show is animated for a few years. Some say Flash, other's say Toon Boom. Which is it? I like how the lines look incredibly sharp and clean as compared to the competitors. Are these black outline lines drawn manually (via vector), or are the line's thickness/thinness a result of pressure applied.

Why did Duncan had to cheat on Courtney? It seem a little out of character. I used to like Duncan for his tough shell but his hidden sweetness. Maybe it was better that Courtney and Duncan split so Courtney can date a sweet guy like Cody while a horrible cheater and a bad "friend" who never gave Cody a chance can be together.

I have to admit, I've always wondered about the voicing. Do the voice actors match the facial animation of the characters while doing the recording, or are the character's facial expressions mapped to the recorded dialogue?

I guess less of a technical question... aside from Gwen and Leshawna, who you showed us the clothing designs, where did you get inspiration for the campers (both looks and personality/stereotypes)? Was some inspiration taken from other reality shows, or anything else?

Sooooo... How do you animate all the characters in the show? And how do you record it? I'm really into animating, but whenever i try , it ends up not looking "clean". Thank You!BTW biggest TDI fan ever right here! :)

Hello Mark! I was wondering if the scripts to the show are mainly planned, or if things are ad-libbed. I heard that Scott McCord has made up some of Owen's lines on the spot, and I was wondering if any other voice actors do this too! Thank you!

Can I ask about why the sort of random shift in Duncan's attitude in the third season? Why did he suddenly break up with Courtney, when before it was implied they got back toghther. I'd understand if she continued to act like she did in Season 2, but she seemed to be genuinelly effectionate when mentioning him, sad to see him leave, and overjoyed to see him return. I just feel like I'm missing something.Sorry if this has been asked hundreds of times before, but I just haven't heard an answer. You don't have to answer if you don't want to. Thank you for your time.

i was just wondering where in Canada the original Cast lived, i know there are some clues throughout the series like zeke lives in the praires, or Katie/Sadie living in Toronto, and probably Gwen cuz she had them at her house once. chris mclean is from Newfoundland, but what about the rest

1. Ever since the kiss u have made Gwen more hated than Heather ever was. Courtney, Heather, and Sierra continuously gave her a hard time. There was a song solely based to put her down and it calminated with an unfair elimination. Why have you been giving G-Girl a hard time when we all know she is good person who showed a moment in weakness?

2. Will any of the original contestants make an appearance in season 4?

Hi, It's me again. I'm curious as to what some of the character's ethnicities are. On many fan-sites I go on, the ethnicities of a few characters is debated. For one, I know it is commonly debated whether Heather is half Asian on her mother's side, or full Asian and the caucasion man showed in her message from home is her step father. Another debated ethnicity is Noah. I know it is "controversial" to say, whether he is Hispanic, Indian, or Native Candian. The third is Courtney. I have heard that she Hispanic, but she is still thought to be Italian, Native Canadian, and in some cases, German. I would love it if you clear this up for us, as I know it is on many peoples' minds, including mine, no matter how impertinent. Thank you for your time!

How did you guys come up with all the "stereotypes" that have defined the characters for the last few seasons?

Also, many people have noticed that some of the new characters appearing in Season 4 seemed to be "mixed stereotypes" of some of the contestants from previous seasons (An example: Dawn being described as a mixture between Lindsay and Gwen).

Doesn't this seem a lot like lot rewriting characters from the previous seasons and just allowing them to make different choices the second time around?

Sorry if this is coming off as a kinda harsh, it's just that I'm very interested in analyzing character interactions and development.

Hi there, I was wondering how your artists/animators went about creating the environments?It wold be very time consuming to have to draw and re-draw things like trees for instance, so the real question is do your people save certain items/images and reuse them?

Okay, I was big fans of Total drama, but everything changed after the third season... so I have only one question.... What were you thinking when coupled to Duncan and Gwen?!! :/When I saw the episode in London I almost cried ...

Courtney was a witch after the second season, but what Duncan was felt for REAL. DuncanxCourtney were the best couple in the series!!!!! Why??!I loved them, loved them all... :(DxG sucks!!!!!!!DxC 4 eveeeeeeeeeeeer!!!!!!

Well, I actually have few questions I'm interested to know.1. How long it takes to make a complete season?2. What are the qualities to be in the animation job?3. I will like to know more about the characters' home, family, friends, etc. I'd always wanted to know :)

Something that I've always wondered about the original stereotypes of the contestants. In Season 1, Noah was labeled as "The Schemer," but never demonstrated that quality while on the show. It was more of his brains and his sarcasm. So my question is this: Was Noah originally intended to be a more important/villainous character?

Who are the official winners of every season?No offence, but I don't like how there's different endings since it's hard to know which one's canon. :/ I know you've said that both endings are canon, but in all of the seasons, which ending was written first, (unintentionally?) making it the "real" one.